I have always been a huge fan of Bettie Page. The famous and iconic pin up star and model. I was surprised to see that Netflix made this documentary streamable. So yes, you can betcha, I watched it right away. Saw it last night. It’s a great documentary about her life and career as a model. The film was directed by Mark Mori and the film was narrated by Bettie Page herself. She narrated the film before she died, of course.
The film has all kinds of behind the scenes goodies of her modeling career. She was a hottie back in the day for sure. Like most, I respected her and admired her for her confidence in front of the camera. She wasn’t afraid to be in front of the camera all of the time which is amazing. She had no problem spending hours and hours in front of the camera ’cause that is what she loved back in the day. She has too many photos over the years. She has all kinds of modeling shots from fully clothed to half naked to completely naked!!
If you want to see a fully naked Bettie Page, you’ll get all of that throughout most of the film. She’s naked all the time. Tits, ass and all.
It’s an excellent documentary and worth watching if you’re a fan. Even if you don’t know much about Bettie Page, you should still check it out. It’s a film for die-hards and newbies. Bettie Page was great.
Kevin Smith, the actor/director who is a big time comic book lover and Star Wars fanatic visits the “Star Wars Episode VII” set in London at Pinewood Studios. We all know that Kevin is obsessed with Star Wars and he always had positive things to say about the franchise. He even loved all the prequels. It’s no secret that Kevin is obsessed with Star Wars. Almost all of his movies have Star Wars references in them especially, “Clerks” and “Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back”.
Anyway, whatever Kev have seen on set that got him in tears look like JJ is gonna give us a good Star Wars movie.
He’s not allowed to talk about what he have seen ’cause he signed an agreement ordering him to keep it quiet. I’m sure he would love to talk about everything he have seen but he can’t or he would get in trouble. How would he get in trouble? Maybe a possible fine or a lawsuit. Things like that.
JJ is really serious and careful on not getting too much out there. He have always been secretive like that.
It’s too bad Kev didn’t get to see Harrison on set ’cause he’s currently nursing a leg injury, obviously. I wish Harrison well and I pray that JJ will be able to film all of Han Solo’s scenes without dropping Harrison out of the film ’cause it could happen. I don’t think it’ll happen, though. I think Harrison will heal quickly and will be back to filming before you know it. Harrison’s injury will probably affect the release date, though, we could deal with a lot of push-backs.
Hollywood movies have changed big time. Nobody in the movie business knows what good storytelling is anymore. In the past, Hollywood was really good at making great films with great stories and great characters like serious dramas and things like that. Seems like in this day and age in Hollywood is all popcorn movies and action flicks that is loaded with CGI effects. There are way too many superhero films, sequels and reboots. 3D film has taken over the world again thanks to James Cameron’s “Avatar”. Horror movies are starting to get big again but even the horror genre isn’t good anymore like it used to be.
I honestly don’t like the way Hollywood is going these days. I continue to go the movies ’cause it’s what I love to do. I only go see the movies that looks good to me. I don’t see every random movie that comes out. Hollywood have definitely changed and I don’t really like it.
In the past, Hollywood would only have action films and popcorn films during the summer. During the Fall/Winter season, Hollywood would show nothing but dramas and serious historical films. Now Hollywood is showing actions films and popcorn films all year round.
Good movies with great storytelling still does come around but not as much. What do I mean for great movies with great storytelling? I’m talking about films like “Forrest Gump”, “The Green Mile”, “Lincoln” (which was great), “Gangs of New York”, “The Last of the Mohicans”, “Schindler’s List”, “The Godfather”, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, “Chinatown”, etc. The serious films with deep storytelling. Those are the kind of movies I like. Those days are over now.
All Hollywood cares about is making billions of dollars. This is why I prefer to watch older movies mostly. I have been watching a lot of classics more than the new films. Just the other night I just watched the film, “Charade” with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant on Netflix which was a great film. True cinema right there. How come Hollywood isn’t making those movies anymore?
Don’t get me wrong… sometimes Hollywood still DO come out with great movies with deep storytelling like: “American Hustle” was a great film. I LOVED the new “Les Miserables”. Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” was mind blowing. I loved the film, “Gravity”. I also loved, “The Help” and the American version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” that was a great film. I loved the new “Man of Steel”. While “Man of Steel” was a popcorn flick with lots of action, it still had a deep story to it which I respected!
I like films with a good story. I honestly get bored of movies that is full of CGI and special effects, that’s probably why I hated, “Pacific Rim” and the newest “Transformers” movies.
The next film I look forward to seeing in theater is that new “Deliver Us From Evil”. It’s a horror film but it looks like it’s got a good story to tell and that’s why I’m interested. I like movies with a good story and plot. I just don’t like how Hollywood is obsessed with CGI and action. What ever makes them the money, I guess. That’s all Hollywood cares about.
New set pictures leaked to the web of Zack Snyder’s “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice” film. Here you see Henry Cavill on set which looks to be a large green screen room. So Snyder is ditching the usual Clark Kent image? As you can see, the new Clark is still wearing the suit and tie but no glasses and fedora hat.
From what I remember, the new Clark Kent was revealed at the very end of “Man of Steel” and the new Clark was indeed wearing glasses. If I remember correctly, the new Clark put on the glasses while going up in an elevator at the Daily Planet.
Maybe Clark still does wear glasses. Maybe Henry just doesn’t wear them on set while they’re not filming? Look like he’s just taking a little break or something.
All the ladies love this guy, though. The women thinks he’s good looking. Of course he have to be good looking or else Superman wouldn’t work.
Definitely looking forward to “Dawn of Justice”. I’m sure Snyder will give us another action packed ride!
Man, what class act these guys are! Metallica are about to hit the stage at Glastonbury tonight which I’m sure will be an amazing show like always and the boys are about to pay tribute to legendary hollywood actor Eli Wallach who starred in “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, “Magnificient Seven” and many other famous films.
Everybody knows that Metallica uses the theme song from “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” as their opening intro to all of their concerts. Probably because Lars Ulrich is a huge movie buff and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” is one of his favorite movies. He was the one who probably have chosen to use “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” theme song for their shows.
RIP to Eli Wallach, btw. “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” is one of my favorite films too.
Not all celebrities are in it for the fame and glory. Gary Oldman makes that pretty clear in his Playboy interview. He clearly doesn’t care about the fame. He doesn’t even realize that he’s a big star. He doesn’t like watching himself in his own movies. He’s just in it for the work ’cause that’s how he makes a living. He claims he’s not all that rich either.
Here’s the full Gary Oldman Playboy interview… it’s worth a read. Entertaining as hell!!! I think next time I go to Barnes and Noble, I’ll pick up the magazine with this interview in it.
Most people like us believe that celebrities and movie stars are bigger than us but they’re really not. You’ll be surprised that many celebrities are normal. A lot of them live normal lives like us. They are definitely different people in real life than what you see of them on the big screen. A lot of these guys don’t even see themselves as “celebrities”. They’re just human beings who are in it for the work.
A lot of people get into Hollywood ’cause that’s the only way some of them can make a living. It’s hard for them to get other work so they choose acting.
Don’t make the mistake by thinking that actors and actresses enjoy watching themselves in the movies ’cause a lot of them don’t. A lot of them don’t have time to watch movies ’cause they’re always working all of the time… plus a lot of them don’t like watching themselves. They like watching other movies but not movies that they are in.
Movie stars are just like us. That’s all there is to it.
The Predator franchise is trying to be successful so it’s understandable why they have to keep trying. So far the Predator creature have been on the big screen four times. The original “Predator” with Arnold, “Predator 2” with Danny Glover, “Alien Vs. Predator” and the Nimrod Antal directed, “Predators” which also stars Adrien Brody in the leading role.
Yeah, true, Hollywood can’t come up with any ideas lately but I completely understand why Hollywood is obsessed with all of these reboots. Why? Simply because nobody has seen or heard of the original films. Doing reboots helps attracts people to the original films… that’s why I believe they do all of these reboots for past movie characters.
Shane Black is a great director as “Iron Man 3” was a good film so I’m sure he’ll do “Predator” justice. I doubt this will happen but it will be cool if Shane can get Arnold to play Dutch again… not for a leading role but a Dutch cameo appearance would be pretty cool. I read that Shane is after Chris Hemsworth for the leading role. I think that’s a great choice ’cause Chris is a great actor, loved him as “Thor”.
It’ll be cool if Chris and Arnold would team up together for the new “Predator”. Arnold will probably be in it in someway, hopefully.
A rumor got out that Tom Cruise is in talks to have some kind of small role or cameo of some sorts for “Star Wars Episode VII”. It was reported that Tom met with JJ Abrams in London for a meeting. If this is true, then this would be no surprise that Tom maybe involved with the upcoming Star Wars. JJ and Tom are long time collaborators as they worked on the four Mission Impossible movies together.
I think Tom will be a nice addition to the cast! I’m all for it if it’s true! Will Tom’s role be a good guy or will he be part of the Empire? We’ll have to wait and see!
I haven’t seen Tom’s latest movie, “Edge of Tomorrow” yet. I’ll probably wait for DVD rental on that one, though.
About the Jimmy Page and Lori thing, maybe it is true after all ’cause here is a video of Lori herself explaining the whole kidnapping thing but like I said before it wasn’t a bad kidnapping. It seems that Lori was willing to get kidnapped. She was crazy in love with him and she was willing to do anything with him. From the way Lori explained sounds like they were just playing around and having fun with the kidnapping incident. Sounds like it was all in good fun. That’s all it was pretty much.
Like I repeatedly said before, this was a pretty common thing for rock stars back in those days. They were ALL sleeping with underage groupies. The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Doors, Hendrix, Allman Brothers, etc. It may have been disgusting and creepy sure but that’s how it was back then. You guys know that, you’re just being delusional assholes like usual. All of your favorite rock bands and singers have slept with underage girls.
It’s very strange how 20 or 30 years later people learn about Jimmy and Lori dating, yet people have a different opinion on him and then they stop supporting him ’cause they accuse him of being a pedophile.
I find it wrong for you guys to compare the Jimmy Page and Bryan Singer incidents together ’cause they are both completely different. The Jimmy Page and Lori thing was willing, the Bryan Singer incident he was accused of drugging and raping a boy. Singer’s was more dangerous and creepy than Jimmy’s.
On top of that, back in the 70’s in rock n’ roll it was common for rock stars to sleep with underage women. The rock industry is no longer like that anymore. In Hollywood, the industry is full of pedophiles and predators. It always has been and still is a huge problem.
You guys know exactly what I’m talking about, you’re just trying to piss me off, that’s all you’re doing.
I don’t support pedophiles and loathe them yes but it doesn’t make me a hypocrite for being a fan of Jimmy Page. It was different in rock n’ roll. If you’re offended at Jimmy Page’s actions then you must be upset with all the other bands you love ’cause they all did the same thing.
Another thing, you guys seem to be complaining about my hate toward pedophiles and predators so it seems to me that you are the one who are actually defending them. That makes you the hypocrite. Not me.
This is my final words on the Jimmy Page and Lori thing ’cause I’m done debating this garbage. Next time I discuss Led Zeppelin or Jimmy Page and if you guys bring up the Lori thing again, I’ll just delete your comments. It amazes me that people don’t get over this when all of your favorite rock stars have done similar things to groupies. They’ve all done crazy things to groupies take a look at the band KISS, perfect example. Guns N’ Roses and Metallica are a few more.
I’m sure the groupie thing still goes on in rock & metal to this day but not as bad as it was in the old days.
“Thelma and Louise” is one of my favorite movies of all time and one of Ridley Scott’s best! Seems like these two gorgeous women haven’t aged a bit. Yeah, they are in their late 50’s and 60’s now but they still look hot. I’ll have to say that I dig a little MILF.
Come on Ridley. Bring them back for a sequel! Would be cool!
Kev
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